The Artist’s Magazine – October 2019

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Using a sharp colored pencil, I placed lines across the

form, that is to say, perpendicular to the direction of

the form. For example, since the wings project horizontally,

I wanted my lines to wrap around them vertically. This

technique can be done successfully using a fi ne-point

marker or pen, but I don’t recommend graphite pencil

because the lines will smudge too easily.

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While drawing the wing, I kept my pencil in contact with

the paper throughout so that the form was rendered in

one line. To keep the line sharp, I gently rotated the pencil

as I drew. After the wing, I started the torso. I considered its

overall direction (vertical), so I drew my lines horizontally,

as if I were wrapping it with twine. For this larger section

I used a sharpener to keep the pencil tip pointed.

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At the base of the statue, I again shifted my line

direction to describe the boxlike form.

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Here you see the completed line drawing, Nike in

Blue Pencil (11x8½) with the photocopy removed and

a sheet of white paper beneath the tracing.